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Swift Tower
Not related to Taylor.
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Birds of the Canary Islands
Of the 28 birds I was able to photograph, half were lifers for me.
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Project Canary
And what a beautiful sight they were.
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Chasing Canaries In The Canaries
I am not leaving the Canary Islands until I spot a canary.
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Hummingbird Heaven
Getting buzz-bombed by hummers.
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Birding Bonanza
Known for its elaborate breeding displays, which include head-bobbing, bill-snapping, grunting, and squeaking.
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All Birds, All Day
The next 4 days are going to be a birding marathon.
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Galapagos Birding
Lucky for me, my target bird, the blue-footed booby, was on almost every island.
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Equatorial Penguins
It’s always a good day when I see my favorite bird.
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In Search of the Vermilion Flycatcher
Locals refer to them as “bien viaje” birds, which translates to “good travel.”
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An Epic Fail
If the ship wasn’t already moving, I would have been tempted to disembark on the spot.
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Birds of South America
100 new birds for my life list.
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Andean Condor
A magnificent Andean Condor spreads its wings.
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Penguin Party
4 species seen, 3 more to go
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Find Penguins
Thousands of Magellanic Penguins, doing their daily march across a rocky beach to the water.
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Antarctic Flyers
I’ve been snapping lots of pictures of birds. These are two of my favorites. Two Black-browed Albatrosses glide in perfect synchrony over Antarctic waters. Photo taken from my cabin balcony. From a distance, some of us mistook this colony of Imperial Cormorants for penguins, until we saw them flying off (penguins don’t fly).
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Birds of Key West
The most spectacular were the aptly-named Magnificent Frigatebirds.
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The Rooster
The old woman didn’t have any troubles, so she bought herself a rooster.
3 Years Around the World